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A123 uses a nanotech material called doped nano-phosphate, and the Watertown, Massachusetts-based company says its battery will recharge 90 percent of its capacity in five minutes. The battery is also lightweight, weighing in at less than 1 kilogram for a battery that provides 1.5 kilowatts of power, according to A123.

This lithium ion battery installed in vehicles will replace gasoline and diesel fuel.  A 5 minute recharge gets you back on the road.  Just as convenient as filling up with gas, but the equivalent to a gallon of gas in electricity  only costs one dollar.

That's with high electric costs that come from fossil fuel and nuclear power too.  Wind power costs a fraction of the price of the dirty power we use now.

Mass production, by an american company, of these batteries installed in plugin electric cars manufactured right here in the USA would have the manufacturing base growing back up to healthy levels.

And no more need to pay higher and higher prices for imported oil, in lives and huge national debt!